The Monira Foundation invites you to join them May 6th at 7pm to our 2nd Pocket Gala event featuring an intimate evening in the Jonas Mekas Studio. Over zoom we will take a closer look at a lifetime of notes, photographs, and daily ideas from the godfather of American avant-garde cinema. The evening will be […]
The Jersey City Theater Center’s 2021 New Play Festival, part of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance’s 2021 Stages Festival, will present ten new plays about healing from the US, Canada and New Zealand on four consecutive Thursdays, from May 6 to May 27. All shows are at 7:30pm. The plays -- eight short plays and […]
Choreographic duo spacejunk Dance leads “Drills and Skills,” a workshop presented as part of the upcoming performance Protean Pieces. The workshop will be an accumulation of drills and skills, followed by a comprehensive cooldown, focusing on our movement language and its requisite physical conditioning. Zoom link posted day of the event. For more information, please CLICK […]
The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven Fulop, the Municipal Council Office and the Office of Cultural Affairs are immensely proud of these brave members of Jersey City Medical Center Emergency Medical Services and honored to celebrate Emergency Medical Services Week from May 16th through May 22nd with the the annual flag raising ceremony held […]
The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven Fulop, the Municipal Council Office and the Office of Cultural Affairs were proud to recognize the Haitians Unified for Development and Education (HUDE), Haiti Solidarity Network of the North East (HSNNE) and Haitian Evangelical Church of Jesus Christ as we celebrate the 219th Anniversary of Haiti’s Flag and […]
The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven Fulop, the Municipal Council Members and the Office of Cultural Affairs were honored to recognize Cuban American Alliance for Leadership and Education with members of the Cuban American community on their 119th Anniversary of Cuban Independence during the Flag Raising ceremony on Thursday, May 20, 2021. […]
Share your wish for a community built art project at the Apple Tree House! Write your wish on a paper crane and contribute to the community art project. To register for this event, please CLICK HERE
The Jersey City Office of Cultural Affairs is a proud Sponsor of the Nimbus Arts Festival. TICKETS 7pm Drinks, Food, Arts Vendors8pm Performance: Nimbus Dance’s First Live Performance in over a year!! Jersey City’s renowned contemporary dance company brings its remarkable dancers and innovative repertory to the outdoor stage. Performance features PEOPLE PLACE DISRUPTION, a […]
The City of Jersey City, Office of the Municipal Council and Office of the Cultural Affairs were proud to recognize Poder Ecuatoriano USA, Poder Latino USA and Poder Hispano Inc. to celebrate the 212th Anniversary of Ecuador’s Independence during the Flag Raising Ceremony on Monday, May 24 2021. National Anthem of both nations will be […]
The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven Fulop, Office of the Municipal Council and Office of the Cultural Affairs were proud to recognize the Blacks in Law Enforcement Servicing the Community to honor Black Lives Matter with the African community during the 1st Flag Raising Ceremony held on Tuesday, May 25, 2021. Blacks in […]
“This event will be a memorable part of the ‘Summer of New York City’ as we emerge from the pandemic,” Rock said. “We’re excited to show New York exactly how the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard provide the United States an advantage at sea around the world.” The virtual environment also allows Fleet […]
The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven Fulop, the Office of Municipal Council and the Office of Cultural Affairs are honored to recognize Jersey City West Indian Community and the Guyanese on the 55th Anniversary of Guyana’s Independence during their annual flag raising ceremony on Wednesday, May 26, 2021. The two nations’ anthems were […]
The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council, the Office of Cultural Affairs were honored to commemorate The Chadian Independence today Friday, August 11, 2023. The Chadian Community of New Jersey has directly contributed to the diversity and positive growth of Jersey City in various fields, including education, entrepreneurship, government as well as all aspects of life throughout the United States and abroad. Today the City of Jersey City and members of the Chadian community commemorate this day August 11, 2023 by proudly displaying the flags of the United States and the Republic of Chad together, high above City Hall in recognition of the socially adopted culture and ethnic diversity of our community of Jersey City.
The Republic of Chad is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon to the southwest, Nigeria to the to the southwest (at Lake Chad), and Niger to the west. Chad has a population of 16 million, of which 1.6 million live in the capital and largest city N’Djamena.
Beginning in the 7th millennium BC, human populations moved into the Chadian basin in great numbers. By the end of the 1st millennium AD, a series of states and empires had risen and fallen in Chad’s Sahelian strip, each focused on controlling the trans-Saharan trade routes that passed through the region. France conquered the territory by 1920 and incorporated it as part of French Equatorial Africa. In 1960, Chad obtained independence under the leadership of François Tombalbaye. Resentment towards his policies in the Muslim north culminated in the eruption of a long-lasting civil war in 1965. In 1979 the rebels conquered the capital and put an end to the South’s hegemony. The rebel commanders then fought amongst themselves until Hissène Habré defeated his rivals. The Chadian–Libyan conflict erupted in 1978 by the Libyan invasion which stopped in 1987 with a French military intervention (Operation Épervier). Hissène Habré was overthrown in turn in 1990 by his general Idriss Déby. With French support, a modernization of the Chad National Army was initiated in 1991. From 2003, the Darfur crisis in Sudan spilt over the border and destabilized the nation. While many political parties participated in Chad’s legislature, the National Assembly, power laid firmly in the hands of the Patriotic Salvation Movement during the presidency of Idriss Déby. After President Déby was killed by FACT rebels in April 2021, the Transitional Military Council led by his son Mahamat Déby assumed control of the government and dissolved the Assembly. Chad remains plagued by political violence and recurrent attempted coups d’état.
Today’s flag raising reflects the camaraderie built between the United States and Republic of Chad and our enduring love for freedom, liberty and democracy that today the world is still inspired by.
